37 Nick Once I’m sitting at Alan’s dining room table, I explore a little further. The first thing that occurs to me is that the dark web is a pretty f****d-up place. Alan was right about that. A lot of it I don’t understand, but the bits I do I wish I didn’t. The whole set-up of the dark web is very strange. Alan pointed me towards a directory listing of sites, but didn’t want anything more to do with it. As I click through the links, I come across what looks like some sort of online marketplace. It’s laid out like an old-style message board or image board, the kind which used to be all over the internet in the late nineties. What amazes me is how blatantly the categories are all listed. Counterfeits, Drug paraphernalia, Drugs, Forgeries, Weapons. It’s astonishing how blatant it all is,

